Victim of Drowning
The death of Mr. Donald J. Byrnes at Sans Souci Baths on Sunday adds yet another fatality to the already long list that have occurred during…
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Cricketers Injured. One Bitten by Spider. Two Hurt in Collision
Two cricketers were injured yesterday when they crashed into each other at Fivedock Oval, and another was bitten by a spider at Clontarf…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.--Harold Hartley Jackson, 18, of Charleston, was drowned while swimming in the Onkaparinga River this morning. A…
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In a collision between his bicycle and a motor lorry, in Parramatta-road, Clyde, to-day, William Alsell, 63, of Merrylands-road, Merryiands,…
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Hugh Ritchie, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Ritchie, Macaulay St., Albury, was drowned in the Hume reservoir today in 16ft. of water…
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"Accidental death" was the Coroner's finding to-day at an inquest into the drowning of Sin Tong, 46, a Chinese, in Macquarle River on…
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Arthur Horner, a miner, living in Lawrence Street, was admitted to the District Hospital as a result of a bicycle accident at the intersection of Young Street and…
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Mrs. Caroline May Vernon, 45, of Todmanavenue, Kensington, was drowned in the Central Colo River, about 20 miles from Wiseman's Ferry, late yesterday afternoon…
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John Sanders, 11, of Den[?]sor, Street, Broadmeadow, had two stitches inserted in an incised wound on the top of his head, which he…
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ANOTHER drowning tragedy occurred yesterday afternoon, when Mrs. Vernon, 40, of Todman Avenue, Kensington, lost her life in…
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ALBURY, Monday.--Late this afternoon Hughie Ritchie, 16, of Macauley Street, Albury, was drowned in the Hume Reservoir, near the old…
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Getting out of her depth while swimming in the Hawkesbury, near Windsor, late yesterday evening, Mrs. Caroline Vernon, 40, of Todman…
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A BOATING tragedy at Weymouth, on the upper reaches of Manakau Harbor, resulted in the deaths of five persons from drowning. The victims were Edwin Studd, 54;…
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A motor cycle, containing husband and wife, and a motor car, occupied by four persons, crashed head-on in Liverpool-road, Bass Hill, yesterday. Six persons were injured, and…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--Severely burned on the chest, arms, and body when his bed caught fire to-night, George J. McCaughey, 54, of Miles…
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Mrs. Grace Knowles, 19, of Thorpedale, was killed, and three other persons injured, when a collision occurred today between a motor truck…
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Five persons were drowned in a boating tragedy at Weymouth to-day, on one of the upper reaches of the Manukau Harbour…
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One woman was killed, and two others, and a child, were injured, when a four-wheeled waggonette was struck by a three-ton petrol truck on the Esplanade, Elwood, half a mile…
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Fined £10 for having driven a motor car on Bunnerong-road, Yarra Bay, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor on January 26,…
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At the inquest into the death of Edward Shannon, who was fatally injured while at work at the Newcastle District municipal metal quarry at Martin's Creek, on…
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